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Kevin Heard interview, 27 January 2025
No full textIn this 2025 interview, Kevin Heard (also known as MC Chill), discusses growing up in the Lee-Harvard neighborhood, his involvement in Cleveland’s hip-hop scene in the 1980s and 1990s, and his career path as a journalist. He talks about playing little league baseball in the neighborhood with now prominent Cleveland politicians and figures, taking martial arts classes, and attending Cleveland public schools. He then describes becoming Cleveland’s first national rap recording artist, signing a record deal, and how his involvement in hip-hop led to his career in journalism. At the end of the interview, he discusses how growing up in Lee-Harvard and in Cleveland impacted him throughout his life
Smart Resolutions: Exploring the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Full text linkArtificial intelligence (AI) has had a significant impact on most industries, including the legal landscape. Effective AI incorporation has removed barriers to access to justice, resolving issues such as backlogged court systems and inadequate resources for pursuing claims. Similarly, the expediency and cost-effectiveness associated with alternative dispute resolution (ADR) have established ADR as a mainstay in most countries to enhance legal accessibility. It was inevitable that AI and ADR were integrated to efficiently deliver justice.
Most automated ADR systems implemented thus far have been with human intervention. As machine learning develops, there are efforts to completely automate ADR, and this article questions whether an algorithm can replace an arbitrator to create an enforceable and just award. The convergence of ADR and AI requires an assessment of critical challenges, such as the lack of emotional intelligence, algorithmic bias, and obscure decision-making of AI. This article will conclude that while AI is a valuable tool to improve ADR, the human element involved in resolving complex ADR cases cannot be downplayed. Humans may not be aware of the hundreds of cases similar to the current one or recognize statistically relevant patterns, but they use deductive reasoning to create just and equitable awards while understanding the emotions disputants display. The aim of ADR is not to create a reward similar to previous ones, but to establish a new doctrine based on the current facts. This article concludes that though current AI technologies cannot replace human arbitrators, they should be harnessed to strengthen ADR
Spatial Cross-Contamination Profiles: Effect of Water Reuse on Dynamics of Campylobacter and E. coli During Poultry Processing
No full textTo limit excessive water usage, most modern poultry operations recycle water, promoting flow dynamics in shared water environments that are incompatible with uniform mixing assumptions. However, typical modeling tools quantifying microbial dynamics at such processing stages rely on homogeneity and are unable to capture spatial variations. To address this, we recently developed the first reaction-diffusion-advection model tracking spatial and temporal evolution of microbial dynamics during the immersion chilling process. While we demonstrated well-posedness and applicability of the model, more detailed model validation and key parameter value determination were needed. In the present work, we determined parameter distributions for Campylobacter and E. coli dynamics in an industrial setting. For model validation, we used pre-chill carcass distributions from different commercial chiller operations as inputs, from which the model predicted a 95 % CI of (3.05, 4.05) Log 10 CFU & sdot;carcass-1 for post-chill Campylobacter levels, containing the observed mean of 3.33 Log 10 CFU & sdot;carcass-1. Similarly, for E. coli contamination, the model predicted (3.4, 3.6) Log 10 CFU & sdot;carcass-1, compared with the observed mean of 3.53 Log 10 CFU & sdot;carcass-1. We conducted a detailed parameter study, illustrating distinct high and low risk zones for cross-contamination along the chiller tank. Considering transient dynamics, the model predicted the evolution of these zones during a typical 8-h processing shift. Model outputs also indicated that increased water counterflow and recirculation rates foster greater reduction on post-chill bacteria loads for faster carcass line speeds
MaryAnn Harris Interview, 04 November 2025
No full textIn this 2025 interview, Dr. MaryAnn Harris recounts her journey from the Jim Crow South to a distinguished career in education, gerontology, librarianship, and civic leadership in East Cleveland. She describes migrating from Georgia to Cleveland at age eight, overcoming childhood illiteracy, and pursuing higher education at Knoxville College, Wayne State University, Nova Southeastern University, Akron University, and Kent State University. Harris reflects on her extensive professional work as a teacher, gerontology coordinator, college instructor, and longtime librarian in Cleveland and East Cleveland schools. She also discusses her decades of civic service, including roles on the East Cleveland School Board, the East Cleveland Public Library Board of Trustees, and multiple nonprofit organizations
Amgen Enablement and its Undue Burden on an Overburdened Biomedical Industry
Full text linkThis paper examines the Supreme Court decision in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi and its profound impact on the patentability of biotechnology inventions, particularly biologic drugs. By virtually eliminating the possibility of claiming genera patents, the decision exacerbates existing challenges within the biologic sector, including high development costs and rigorous regulatory hurdles. The analysis sets forth the enablement requirement’s precedent, emphasizing historical case law and the unforeseen implications of setting a stringent standard for biotechnology patents. This paper further critiques suggested industry compromises, deeming them insufficient to address the ramifications of Amgen, and proposes legislative intervention. Options include granting biologics a special exemption from Amgen\u27s requirements or implementing temporary exclusivity periods analogous to the Orphan Drug Act—aimed at balancing public disclosure and innovation incentives. The article argues that without such measures, the research and development of new biologic drug classes may decline significantly, contrary to the Framers\u27 intent of promoting progress through limited monopolies as established in the Constitution
Plenary #3: Open RN & WisTech Open: Leveraging AI for a More Inclusive Open Education
No full textIn the rapidly evolving landscape of open education, WisTech Open (and its renowned Open RN series) are at the forefront of integrating AI to enhance accessibility, adaptability, and engagement in OER. This presentation will explore how WisTech Open harnesses AI to create dynamic, personalized learning experiences, including learning resources, digital audiobooks, and supplementary materials. Attendees will gain insights into AI-powered tools that support faculty, students, and institutions in co-creating knowledge, increasing engagement, and reducing barriers to education. This session will provide practical applications and highlight how WisTech Open’s innovations can be adapted to diverse educational settings
“Very Little Cause At All”: The Erosion of Job Security for Ohio Teachers
Full text linkAs education becomes an increasingly divisive partisan issue, with teachers caught in the crossfire, it is more important than ever that teachers have protection from unfair or politically-motivated terminations. The Ohio Teacher Tenure Act was enacted 80 years ago to give teachers this essential job security. However, this Note examines the bizarre fact that, after a recent series of state court opinions, the Act now gives Ohio teachers less job security than other unionized public employees. By essentially forbidding adjudicators of teacher terminations from considering proportionality, length of service, and due process, these holdings leave teachers in a far more vulnerable position than other public employees challenging their terminations. This Note argues that these holdings must be rejected not only because they are bad for teachers, but also because they are rooted in faulty legal reasoning, violate the unambiguous legislative intent of both the Ohio Teacher Tenure Act and its amendments, and defy decades of Ohio jurisprudence in favor of granting broad discretion in determining just cause
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Scientific Educations Among U.S. Judges
Full text linkShould more judges have technical and scientific educations than are currently prevalent in the federal judiciary? This empirical study of the educational background of federal judges reports the undergraduate and graduate majors of active U.S. federal Article III judges. Information on the subject area of study is largely not publicly available, especially for judges appointed decades ago. This is the first and only publicly available research study of the subject areas of study of U.S. judges, collected via phone and email surveys to U.S. judges. The results of this study show that only 7.35% offederal judges have majors in science and technology fields. Although science and technology education can come from many areas of life, the lack of formal education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics among federal judges is worthy of critical examination.
This Article also discusses whether and in what circumstances judges might benefit from formal scientific training and what solutions could be implemented to improve the court\u27s ability to understand and fairly rule on highly technical matters such as patent cases, criminal cases requiring evaluation of scientific evidence, or environmental law cases. This Article also recommends that at all levels, especially in district courts handling complex scientific cases, more judges should be appointed who have scientific training. More scientific training programs like the former Science for Judges program should be provided, ideally by nonpartisan groups. This Article also explores countervailing considerations that a push for judges with formal scientific education could negatively affect trends of gender and racial diversity in the federal judiciary, could result in industry capture or over-specialization, or could mean insufficient training in other equally important educational backgrounds in the social sciences and humanities
Barbara Anderson interview, 23 July 2025
No full textIn this 2025 interview, Barbara Anderson discusses her early life growing up in a foster family on E. 151st and Bartlett in the 1950s. She describes how growing up in a foster family and in a neighborhood with many ethnicities prepared her for her organizing work later in life. She details being the first Black family to move into the Slavic Village neighborhood in the 1980s and the racism and hostility that her family experienced. She describes how losing her house due to predatory lending practices inspired her to advocate for fair housing practices, which eventually led her to the East Side Organizing Project (ESOP), where she acted as treasurer and president. Finally, she discusses her work for her own nonprofit, Another Chance of Ohio and leaves a message for future generations